by Matthieu Aikins · Alfabet uitgevers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789021341200
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«De tolk van Kabul» is Matthieu Aikins's non-fiction chronicle, published by Alfabet uitgevers in hardcover (368 pages, in Dutch).
Canadian journalist Matthieu Aikins accompanies his friend Omar, a young Afghan translator fleeing the war, along the refugee route to Europe. To do so, he gives up his passport and identity. The journey through mountains and sea, among smugglers and border police, is a story about friendship, love and the migration crisis.
Dutch translation of the English original 'The Naked Don't Fear the Water', by Marianne Palm, Jan Willem Reitsma and Pon Ruiter. Nominated for the Ryszard Kapuściński Award.
A read for those interested in narrative journalism, the refugee crisis and the recent history of Afghanistan.
